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Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

Harper Collins International, 2023
323 p.
ISBN 978-0-00-853278-9

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R.F.Kuang, an author known primarily for her speculative fiction, surprises us in Yellowface by delving into the dark underbelly of the publishing world, exploring themes of cultural appropriation, racism and the obsession with success. The story follows June Hayward, a writer in search of recognition who, after the death of her friend Athena Liu, decides to steal her unpublished manuscript and publish it as her own under the pseudonym Juniper Song. As the novel gains popularity, June is faced with the consequences of her act and the shadow of truth that haunts her.

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Bournville

Jonathan Coe

Itzulpena: Javier Lacruz
Anagrama, 2024
427 or.
978-84-339-2736-1

Nola ospatzen da gerra baten amaiera? Garaipen Egunean, 1945eko maiatzaren 8an, Mary-k 11 urte ditu eta Bournville-n bizi da, Cadbury txokolate fabrikaren inguruan sortutako herri batean, eta Jonathan Coek idatzitako eleberri honen izenburua. Ohi baino isiltasun handiagoa dago kalean eta gauean, su artifizialak bota eta auzokideak kirol zelaietan elkartzen direnean, ez dute sei urteko estutasuna eta beldurra atzean uzten.

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Baumgartner

Paul Auster

Faber, 2023
202 p.
ISBN 978-0-571-38493-8

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Baumgartner is Paul Auster‘s 18th novel, published just 6 months before his death in April, 2024. It seems to have a significantly different tone than his other works. Starting in 2018, the book follows the life of Sy Baumgartner, a 71-year-old writer and university professor, widowed and clearly missing his wife, during the next two years.

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La más recóndita memoria de los hombres

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Itzulpena: Rubén Martín Giráldez
Anagrama, 2022
445 or.
ISBN 978-84-339-8125-7

«De un escritor y de su obra, como mínimo, podemos saber lo siguiente: uno y otra caminan juntos por el laberinto más perfecto imaginable, un largo camino circular donde el destino se confunde con el origen: la soledad.»

Zaila da La más recóndita memoria de los hombres liburua definitzea. Agian, egokiena labirinto handi bat dela esatea da; labirinto perfektua eta irudimenez josia, bide luzea, zirkularra, non azkenean bakardadea protagonista nagusia da. Eleberri baten bakardadea, idazle baten bakardadea, azken finean, gure bakardadea.

«El camino de soledad me espera.».

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The Bastard of Istanbul

Elif Shafak

Penguin Random House UK, 2018
363 p.
ISBN 978-0-241-97290-8

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The Bastard of Istanbul is a 2006 novel by Elif Shafak, written originally in English and translated into the author’s native language Turkish by Aslı Biçen. It rapidly became a bestseller, but was not accepted by the Turkish government who accused Shafak of ‘insulting Turkishness’ and the lawsuit was opened. The prosecutor dropped it due to “lack of insult”, but the government still insisted. Finally, the court acquitted her of criminal charges due to lack of legal grounds for the crime in question and insufficient evidence in the controversial trial.Gehiago irakurri

El cuaderno prohibido

Alba de Céspedes

Seix Barral, 2022
381 or.
ISBN 978-84-322-4097-3

«Hice mal en comprar este cuaderno, hice muy mal, pero ya es demasiado tarde para lamentarlo, el daño está hecho. Ni siquiera sé qué me empujó a comprarlo, fue casualidad».

Hau idatzi zuen Valeria Cossatik 1950eko azaroaren 26an bere egunkaria izango zen koadernoan. Horretan, inork jakin gabe, beti ezkutuan, 1951ko maiatzaren 27ra arte idatzi zuen kasi egunero. Horrela abiatzen da beraz El cuaderno prohibido, non berrogeita hiru urteko protagonistak, Italian gizarteko konbentzioekin eta familiako ardurekin itota bizi denak, bere bizipenak, zalantzak, kezkak, nahiak eta sekretuak idazten ditu.

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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

London : Vintage 2007
229 p.
ISBN 978-0-099-51847-1

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Brave New World, a classic dystopian novel, was first published in 1932 but continues seducing readers today just as much as back then. Aldous Huxley set the book in a futuristic World State where everything is engineered and controlled. The descriptions of the world based purely on science and an intelligence-based social hierarchy startle us especially when we look at the treatment of any feelings in this supposedly advanced society.

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Hetero

Uxue Alberdi

Susa, 2024
151 or.
ISBN 978-84-19570-29-1

Uxue Alberdi idazleak, Hetero bere azken narrazio liburuaren inguruko solasaldian parte hartuko du otsailaren 4an, asteartea, arratsaldeko 19:00etan Liburutegi Nagusiko Ekitaldi Aretoan (sarrera San Jeronimo kaletik), Iñigo Aranbarri idazleak gidatzen duen saioan.

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